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The Future of Agriculture May Be Up

Advocates of 'vertical farming' say growing crops in urban high-rises will eventually be both greener and cheaper

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Owen Fletcher

October 15, 2012

Want to see where your food might come from in the future? Look up.

The seeds of an agricultural revolution are taking root in cities around the world—a movement that boosters say will change the way that urbanites get their produce and solve some of the world's biggest environmental problems along the way.